About the Airplane

The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
6173
The type of the plane.
B-17F
The plane ID.
42-3344
The name of the plane.
The squadron the bomber belongs to.
353rd Bomb Squadron
The date of the bomber's crash.
1944-06-27
The reason for the bomber's crash.
Jäger
The place the bomber targeted.
Budapest Rakos
The place where the bomber crashed.
Budapest
Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
47°40'N, 19°40'E
The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
Ungarn
The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
10:15
Time of the crash.
Comments.

Map of related places

The Crew

Name Rank Function Destiny
Deason, Billy S. S/Sgt Gunner 2 Rtd
Hamel, Robert L. 1st Lt Co-Pilot Rtd
Heintz, Robert J. S/Sgt Gunner 5 DED
Hollibaugh, James H. Sgt Gunner 4 Rtd
Lyon, Walter W. 1st Lt Pilot DED
McCormick, John F. 1st Lt Bombardier Rtd
Naeder, Joseph J. S/Sgt Gunner 1 DED
Senger, Joseph B. S/Sgt Gunner 3 Rtd
Willoughby, Richard H. 2nd Lt Navigator PDD

How to cite

DAACDA – Downed Allied Air Crew Database Austria, edited by Nicole-Melanie Goll, Georg Hoffmann and Peter Andorfer, Vienna 2025 (https://daacda.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/a-00274.html)